Joe Biden to join UAW workers on picket line in a US first
Both President Joe Biden and ex-president Donald Trump are courting auto workers in Michigan this week.
2023-09-26 22:24
Second Republican debate: When is it and what to expect
Seven candidates will battle it out in California, with frontrunner Donald Trump absent again.
2023-09-26 21:46
Trump's bizarre whale rant is a bit much, even for him
Donald Trump has gone on a bizarre rant about offshore wind turbines, claiming they are driving whales “a little batty” and killing them “in numbers never seen before”. The former US President made the claim, which is rooted in a climate sceptic conspiracy theory, at a rally in South Carolina this week. There, he was taking aim at President Joe Biden’s regulations to impose speed limits on speed boats, vowing to overturn the rules on “day one” should he be voted in. Trump told the South Carolina crowd that the “Biden speed limit” would “demolish the charter fishing business, crush boat manufacturers and desecrate your cherished Low Country traditions.” That was when he got sidetracked by whales and wind turbines, or “windmills”, as he prefers to call them. “The windmills are driving them crazy. They’re driving the whales a little batty. And they are washing up on shore in levels never seen before.” It comes days after Trump praised Rishi Sunak for rolling back several key UK climate change promises. He congratulated the Prime Minister for “recognising this SCAM before it was too late”. As for this week's speech, it isn't the first time Trump has gone to war with wind turbines. In 2019, he suggested that wind turbines cause cancer, which is a lie. Months later, he attacked renewable energy again, suggesting that wind power doesn’t work when it’s not windy. This is also untrue. Wind-powered electricity supply isn’t affected by wind not blowing all the time because energy is stored for when it's needed. The US Department of Energy website even says that it's not a problem. At Trump's South Carolina rally, he was likely trying to appeal to a vocal community of misinformed protestors. In February, thousands of people gathered at New Jersey’s Point Pleasant beach to demand authorities pause offshore wind projects in response to recent whale deaths. Since 2023, 10 whales have washed ashore on the New York and New Jersey coastlines. Conspiracy theorists claim the noise created by wind turbines has been messing with the whales’ navigation systems. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has called the deaths “unusual mortality events”, and said there is no link between the wind turbines and whale deaths. “It’s just a cynical disinformation campaign,” Greenpeace oceans director John Hocevar told to USA Today. That’s hardly going to stop former President Trump though, is it? Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-09-26 19:57
Democrats plan to track and corner Republican 2024 candidates on Trump
By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA When Republican U.S. Representative Don Bacon was asked if he supports Donald Trump's bid
2023-09-26 18:24
Factbox-Amazon.com faces an array of US consumer, state antitrust lawsuits
By Mike Scarcella A lawsuit by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission against Amazon.com, expected to be filed as
2023-09-26 18:16
SAS says bids in equity solicitation process being evaluated
STOCKHOLM Airline SAS said on Tuesday the evaluation process is ongoing after the period ended for making final
2023-09-26 15:21
Biden and Trump aren't waiting for 2024 to kick off their likely White House battle
It's as if the calendar suddenly raced forward a year in the blink of an eye.
2023-09-26 12:25
This week's debate is a critical chance for Trump's rivals to make him pay for ignoring them
The candidates who will gather for the second Republican presidential debate this week face an unusual challenge: how to take on a front-runner who's not on stage and is already acting as if he's the nominee.
2023-09-26 12:24
Cassidy Hutchinson's new book reveals a Trump White House even more chaotic than previously known
In her new book "Enough," former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson paints the closing days of the Trump White House as even more chaotic and lawless than she previously disclosed in her shocking televised testimony last summer. President Donald Trump lashes out unpredictably and makes wild demands. Chief of staff Mark Meadows leaks classified documents to friendly right-wing media figures and burns documents. Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani gropes Hutchinson inappropriately the day of the Capitol insurrection.
2023-09-26 12:22
Humans of New York's Brandon Stanton wades into India copyright row
Humans of Bombay, which follows the same format as the New York blog, is suing a similar Indian platform.
2023-09-26 12:16
Donald Trump Blames Dead Whales on Windmills Driving Them 'Batty'
VIDEO: Donald Trump has a whale of a take on wind power.
2023-09-26 09:58
India LGBTQ wedding sparks controversy in Punjab
The marriage was solemnised in a Sikh temple, with the couple performing all traditional rituals.
2023-09-26 08:50